It started Dec. 13 at a Cape Coral City Council meeting when Atheists of Florida members were told to either cover up the message on their shirts or leave the …
Day: March 11, 2011
Go for it!
FFRF Lifetime Member Wayne Hensler of rural Waterloo, Wis., sponsored this billboard for six weeks on U.S. 151 near Columbus, Wis. The octogenarian placed a similar billboard last year in …
Court hears Obama Day of Prayer appeal
Attorney Richard L. Bolton (second from right) after his oral argument in Chicago on behalf of FFRF, pictured with FFRF staff attorney Rebecca Markert, legal clerk Stephanie Schmitt and staff …
’Tis the season
FFRF’s gilt Winter Solstice message returned for its 15th year to the first-floor rotunda of the Wisconsin Capitol for the month of December. The solstice message was composed by Anne …
Reason (v.) to think coherently, logically
It’s Reason’s Greetings from Raleigh, N.C., where FFRF and its local chapter, the Triangle Freethought Society, placed this 14×48-foot billboard Dec. 9 at Capital Boulevard on Highway 401 for a …
Six-word journeys to nonbelief
In October, Killing the Buddha (aka KtB), an online literary magazine about religion, invited readers to share their spiritual journeys. Maximum word count: six. The idea came from Smith magazine’s …
Why members deconverted
Since the Freedom From Religion Foundation was founded in 1978 in Madison, Wis., it’s grown to approximately 16,000 members nationwide. FFRF has enjoyed steady growth over the years, but has …
Busiest year ever for legal staff
This report was delivered at the FFRF convention on Oct. 30. The courts are the last line of defense for atheists and agnostics in a nation crawling with religious people …
All soldiers aren’t Christian
FFRF wrote a letter Nov. 8 to alert the library director in Smithfield, N.C., that it’s unconstitutional for a public library to put a Christian cross on a poster announcing …
